Shelfmark
Sa1.2.24
Author
Title
[Facsimile of the autograph manuscript of Thomas Gray's Elegy at Pembroke College, Cambridge].
Varying form of title
Caption title: Elegy written in a country church yard
Varying form of title
Elegy written in a country churchyard
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London : s.n., 1814].
Physical description
[4] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., port. ; 36 cm. (fol.)
Note
Engraved facsimile produced for T. J. Mathias's edition of The works of Thomas Gray, London: William Bulmer and Co. ... for John Porter, 1814.
Note
One of twelve copies of the facsimile printed on vellum for private distribution by the editor.
Note
Caption title: Elegy, written in a country-church yard. 1750.
Note
At head of title: "From the original in the hand writing of Thomas Gray".
Note
Presumably printed by William Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press.
Note
Colophon: Engraved by S. J. Neele, 352, Strand.
Note
Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Gray and engraving of Gray's tomb at Stoke Poges from the 1814 edition are printed on paper.
Provenance
Inscribed on front binding leaf: "Presented to J. Christie Esq. by Thomas James Mathias, London, Decr. 10. 1814. Only twelve copies of this fac-simile of Gray's Elegy were printed on vellum."
Binding
Contemporary 19th century dark green silk boards; gilt edges; engraved binder's ticket of C. Hering, 10 St Martin's Street; in original slipcase of straight-grained morocoo over wood with dark blue leather lining and gold-tooled spine title.
Subject
Subject
Gray, Thomas, 1716 - 1771 Elegy written in a country churchyard
Subject
Added entry--name
Mathias, Thomas James, 1754? - 1835 editor, inscriber.
Added entry--name
Neele, Samuel John, 1758 - 1824 engraver.
Added entry--name
Christie, James, 1773 - 1831 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hering, Charles, 1762 or 1763 - 1815 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
W. Bulmer and Co. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B52073